SOME OF APCL ACTIVITIES OF YEAR 1997

Seminar on Creativity and School Education(Feb'97)

Aim

• To formulate the concepts and techniques of Creative Learning

Activity

• Seminar

Theme

• Creativity and School Education

Key Resource Persons

• Prof N.K.Ambashtha, N.C.E.R.T.

• Prof P.Dasgupta, N.C.E.R.T.

• Prof H.L.Sharma, N.C.E.R.T.

• Dr.Ajay Kumar,Urologist

• Dr. S.S.Prasad, Patna University

• Sri Vijoy Prakash, I.A.S.

• Dr. Mridula Prakash, Principal, DAV Public School, Shastrinagar, Patna

Recommendations

The present education system is not taking proper care of full physical, mental, intellectual potentialities of the children. Therefore it is necessary to develop the creative skills from early childhood. The competencies which has so far been neglected and which requires special attention for the development of creativity among children were identified as:

• Concentration

• Imagination

• Thinking

• Memory

• Problem solving

• Technological skill

• Power of Observation

• Social decision making

• Managerial Skills

Every child is born creative. Educational methods should endeavor to bring out the inherent creative currents in a child. School education should be more activity oriented rather than information oriented.

A child should be groomed just like a tree. Give water, manure, proper culture, make proper provision for sunlight and air and it will grow. Don't hurry up. Creativity comes to a child in a most informal way. So create proper learning environment. Don't teach. Let the child learn. Teachers are facilitators just like a gardener.

Apart from subject-based teaching basic processes of self-learning should be initiated. For this purpose competency-based evaluation system should be devised.

Teacher's Workshop (3rd to 13th Apr'97)

Aim

• Enhancement of teaching capabilities through training in skills of Creative Learning

Activity

• Training

• Workshop

Theme

• Equipping teachers with creative learning and evaluation techniques

Sub-theme

• Basic concepts of creativity

• Components of Creative Learning

• Creative Methods of Teaching

  • General Mental Ability

  • Mathematical Competencies

  • Linguistic Competencies (English)

  • Linguistic Competencies (Hindi)

  • Socio-Environmental Competencies

  • Scientific-Technological Competencies

Highlights

• Improvement in teaching capabilities

• Simplification of teaching process

• Betterment in teaching skills

• Integration of Creative techniques with the formal system

• Change in motivation, perception, attitude and behavior of teachers

Language Day(13th -14th May'97)

Aim

• Development of Linguistic Competencies

Activity

• Seminar

• Debate

• Word Tennis

• Word Chain

• Antyakshari

• Puzzles

• Story Telling

• Joke Cutting

• Poem Recitation

• Shastrarth 

What did we learn?

• It is important to learn answering questions, but it is also more important to learn questioning answers.

• Use language to learn language

• Sing songs learn language

• Master vocabulary for better language

• Learn rhyming to compose poems

• Development of good language: Key to successful articulation

• Master the art of mastering by learning the art of questioning

• Learn more and more of languages at less and less of age

Development of Creativity Based Evaluation System(June'97)

Aim

• Evaluation of Creative Skills of Learners

Activity

• Workshop

Resource Person

• Dr. N. K. Ambashtha, N. C. E. R. T.

• Prof. Sachidanand, Ex V.C., Ranchi University

• Sri Vijoy Prakash, I.A.S.

• Sri V.D.Ram, I.P.S.

• Sri Abhayanand, I.P.S.

• Sri R.R.Verma, I.P.S.

• Sri S.M.Jha, Chief Manager, S.B.I.

• Sri V.N.Jha, Education Service, Bihar

• Prof P.N.Das, Patna University

• Sri R.N.Sinha, SCERT

• Sri A.K.Sinha, SCERT

• Prof Nandini, Magadh University

• Sri S.Jha, Bihar Education Service

• Prof Sunila Das, LNMU, Darbhanga

• Dr. Shaileshwar Sati Prasad, HOD, English, Science College, Patna

• Prof. J.Jha, Ex Principal, Teachers Training College, Patna

• Sri Gopaljee, Asstt. Director, Secondary Education, Bihar

• Sri N.P.Narayan, Dy Secretary, NFE Resource Centre

• Dr. D.S.Gangwar, I.A.S.

• Sri Sanjay Kumar, Asstt. Director, NFE, Bihar

Recommendations

Identification of 12 Broad areas of Competencies:

Orientation Course for Teachers (16th June - 22nd June '97)

Aim

• Training of teachers (TOT) on different subjects

Activity

• Workshop

Resource Persons

• Prof. J. Jha, Ex - Principal, Teachers Training College, Patna

• Shri Vijoy Prakash, IAS

• Prof. S. S. Prasad, HOD, English, Science College, Patna

• Prof. Sunila Das, LNMU, Darbhanga

Highlights

• Techniques and activities especially in subjects of Science

• Activities in Spoken English

• Replacement of Rote Learning of Mathematical Tables by activity based play and games

Population Awareness (Aug'97)

Aim

• To create awareness about Social Environment

Activity

• Exhibition

• Project

What did we learn?

• Creativity starts at Home

• Learn yourself to learn others

• Small is beautiful

• Population Management: Key to development

• Happy Village Happy Nation

• Bal Mela : Hub of Creative Learning among children

Creativity Day Celebrations (17th Sept.'97)

Aim

• To create awareness about Science and Technology in daily life

• To develop technological skills

• To create awareness about Dignity of Labour

Activity

• Exhibition

• Seminar

Theme

• Learning concepts of Science and Technology through day-to-day activities

• Peep into the past to predict the direction of invention in future

Sub-theme

• Toys as a tool of learning Science & Technology

• Waste in - Product out

• Let the Fingers think

• Technology involved in articles of day-to-day life

• Learning pattern/design through household materials

• Designing items for 21st century

What did we Learn?

• Be Creative or Perish.

• Break Toys Learn Science.

• Creative Family Happy Family.

• Be Creative Enjoy Freedom.

• Vishwakarma Pooja: A Festival for Promotion of Science

• Change the Rules of a Game to Design a New Game.

• Games: Invaluable Source of Group Learning.

• Creative Hands: Key to Civilization

• Fingers are the peripheral Brain.

• Thinking Hand makes you Creative.

Painting Competition (12 Nov '97)

Aim

• Acquaintance with paints and brush

Activity

• Competition

• Exhibition

Highlights

• Development of power of concentration, imagination and creativity through colors

• Use of different colors for different occasions, themes, scenes and festivities

• Color exhibits your behavior

Exhibition of Creative Learning through Gharonda (14th Nov'97)

Aim

• To develop Managerial Skills through cultural festivities

Activity

• Construction and Exhibition of Gharondas

Theme

• To construct Gharondas as a Dream House for the 21st Century

• Designing Layout of villages/colonies/towns

What did we learn?

• A Healthy Town/Village needs:

  • Proper spacing & Layout of buildings

  • Proper Drainage & Sewage Treatment

  • Good roads/lanes/by-lanes

  • Green Park

  • A safe source of Water Supply

  • Playground

  • Schools & Libraries

  • Place of Worship

  • Hospital & Dispensaries

  • Community Center

  • Area earmarked for Economic Activities

• Learn the art of Architecture through Gharondas and Tazias

• Play with Mud, Sand and Water to Learn Basics of Engineering

Bal Sahityakar Sammelan (Nov '97)

Aim

• To initiate learners into poetry making and recitation

Activity

• Children Workshop on Poetry making

• Bal Kavi Sammelan

Coordinator:

• Himadri Mayank

Chief Guest:

• Pt. Adya Charan Jha, Ex. ProVC, Kameshwar Singh Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Darbhanga

Important guests:

• Purnendu Narain Sinha

• Lalit Kumud

• Balbhadra Kalyan

• Vishwanath Mishra Chanchal

• Dineshwar Lal Anand,

Poetic Welcome and Thanks

• Nupur Nishith

Important participants:

• Surabhi Sonam

• Kriti Singh

• Swarnima

• Swapnil

• Himanshu

• Dipti

What did we learn?

• Every child is a born poet

• Learn poetry before starting to learn essays

• Kindle the flair of poetry from the lap of the mother

• Learn poetry to master language

• Poetry making is an important tool for development of Imagination

• Poetry making is the synthesis of right and left brain exercises

• Learn poetry to be a Good Manager

• Poetry is an excellent means of communication

• Enjoy Poetry making, Reduce Stress

ORIGAMI (Dec'97)

Aim

• Learning creative designs from cutting & folding of paper

Activity

• Children's Workshop

Resource Person

Dr. S. B. Singh, SCERT, Patna

Highlights

• Visualisation of Geometrical shapes and sizes

• Familiarisation with scissors, scale, etc.

• Enjoying self-made toys

What did we learn?

• Creativity can be learnt anywhere and everywhere

• Creativity can be imbibed right from early childhood

Role of Parents in Creative Learning (25th Dec'97)

Aim

• Cooperation of parents in proper development of Creative Learning environment

Activity

• Seminar

Key Resource Persons

• Prof. N.K.Ambashtha, N.C.E.R.T.

• Dr. Mohan Choudhary, Child Specialist

• Dr. S.K.Bose, Patna University

• Dr. S.S.Prasad, Patna University

• Dr. Ajay Kumar

• Sri Vijoy Prakash, I.A.S.

• Sri A.K.Singh, A.G.,Bihar

• Md. Ali Imam, Principal, DIET

Recommendations

• Four essential ingredients of Creative Learning

  • Loving Parents

  • Caring Teachers

  • Supportive Peers

  • Relevant Materials

• Essential conditions at home for the promotion of creativity:

  • Encourage children

    • To ask questions

    • To explore environment

    • To play with mud, sand and water

  • Allow children

    • To have free time for pursuing their own interest

    • To fantasize

    • To deviate rationally from normal social behavioural pattern

  • Provide Children's Corner in the house for

    • Keeping brush, paints, color paper etc. for drawing and painting

    • Keeping broken toys for reconstruction

    • Playing different role-plays by creating a self-constructed stage using chairs, tables, bed-sheets etc.

  • Don't be

    • Overprotective

    • Authoritarian

  • Don't give

    • Highly structured dolls and play equipment

Visit of Historical Place (29th Dec'97)

Aim

• Deciphering the history of a town

Activity

• Visit of Kumhrar

Highlights

• Knowledge of Mauryan Empire

• Layout of ancient Pataliputra

• Rock Edicts, Pillars

• Technology of ancient India

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